Easter Ham

J. Baczynsky, who arrived in New York as a kid from a region that has straddled both sides of the Polish/Ukraine border, opened his Meat Market in 1970. He wanted to recreate the meats of his childhood as well as serve the growing Eastern European neighborhood.

"Most people serve lamb or ham at the Easter meal," says Food & Wine's Tina Ujlaki. "Sure you can have both, but you don't want to have a very heavy meal that's going to send you straight to bed afterward."